Do parents of children with congenital malformations have a higher cancer risk? A nationwide study in Denmark

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 524-528

  Zhu, J L ^a   Basso, O ^a   Hasle, H ^b   Winther, J F ^c   Olsen, J H ^c   Olsen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer; Case control study; Cleft lip and palate; Congenital malformation; Record linkage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; DENMARK; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, HEREDITARY; PARENTS; RISK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037183675     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600488     Document Type: Article

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